June 22 was a landmark day for Oklahoma City. That evening, the Thunder won Game 7 of the NBA Finals, bringing home the city’s first major league championship. Earlier, Mayor David Holt was sworn in as the 83rd president of the United States Conference of Mayors at its annual meeting in Tampa, Florida—placing him at the forefront of national urban leadership.
Oklahoma City received international attention last month with a feature in The Economist, one of the world’s most widely read news magazines. Published under the headline “Oklahoma City has been reborn, 30 years after the bombing: Basketball is only the beginning,” the article frames the city’s recent NBA championship as part of a much larger story.
The Oklahoma City metro area posted a preliminary unemployment rate of 2.8% in May, up from a revised 2.4% in April. Despite the monthly increase, the metro continues a 46-month streak of unemployment below 4%, the longest such run in the city’s modern history.
RH has opened its newest Design Gallery at OAK in Oklahoma City. The 45,000-square-foot, three-story space combines home furnishings, dining and professional design services in one location.
Oklahoma continues to rank among the most affordable places to live in the United States, landing in the No. 4 spot for lowest cost of living, according to a recent Visual Capitalist article using data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Ninety years ago this week, Oklahoma City introduced a small sidewalk device that revolutionized downtown areas everywhere. On July 16, 1935, the first parking meter, Park-O-Meter No. 1, was installed at First Street and Robinson Avenue in downtown OKC. It charged a nickel for an hour.
Oklahoma City has been named the No. 1 Best Big City to Live for the 2025–26 U.S. News and World Report rankings, underscoring the metro’s national rise as a destination for both opportunity and quality of life.
Weaver, a national accounting and consulting firm, continues to back the Oklahoma City community through projects led by local employees. While the firm works with clients nationwide, its OKC team focuses on meeting local needs in education, hunger relief and health.
